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CVE-2006-2252

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2252 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenFAQ version 0.4.0, specifically within the submit.php component, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'q' parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and requiring no authentication, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is an ExploitDB entry for HTML injection in a related file (Validate.php), there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this specific CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openfaq:openfaq:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27821 · May 6, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0286 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/20018
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/850
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26286
osvdb.org / 25350
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433120/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17860
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1684